i didn't find much else, of note, in my tea search... there is ten ren in chinatown, but it wasnt hugely impressive. then you have moby's tea place, teaNY, but i've never been. and there are traditional english-type high-tea services at formal hotels and such, but that's not really my thing...
i'd be more inclined to visit museums like the Met, MoMA, Frick, Asia Society (a block from Ito En), etc... also, other musts i'd recommend are Central Park, and just walking around the East Village and West Village... also Union Square area is nice, and Chelsea. Grand Central Station is worth seeing if you've never been, and just taking a cab ride up or down Park Avenue from 42nd Street up thru the 80's might be worth doing, some nice buildings.
i'd be more inclined to visit museums like the Met, MoMA, Frick, Asia Society (a block from Ito En), etc... also, other musts i'd recommend are Central Park, and just walking around the East Village and West Village... also Union Square area is nice, and Chelsea. Grand Central Station is worth seeing if you've never been, and just taking a cab ride up or down Park Avenue from 42nd Street up thru the 80's might be worth doing, some nice buildings.
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Tea Gallery (i hear; req appointment)
Kam Man (small market in Chinatown has a couple loose leaf teas)
Hong Kong supermarket (or another big supermarket in Chinatown) has a giant pile of tea bags
i saw at least 2 tea cafe type places somewhere around NYU area
Sunrise Mart (japanese market) has a couple loose (sencha etc) teas prepackaged.
(one on Stuyvesant st x 3rd ave, and another on Broome St)
Union Square - has the Whole foods with Rishi/IPOT stuff
Amai Teahouse (i think more famous for COOKIES)
McNulty's coffee has some loose teas (havent tried)
Kam Man (small market in Chinatown has a couple loose leaf teas)
Hong Kong supermarket (or another big supermarket in Chinatown) has a giant pile of tea bags
i saw at least 2 tea cafe type places somewhere around NYU area
Sunrise Mart (japanese market) has a couple loose (sencha etc) teas prepackaged.
(one on Stuyvesant st x 3rd ave, and another on Broome St)
Union Square - has the Whole foods with Rishi/IPOT stuff
Amai Teahouse (i think more famous for COOKIES)
McNulty's coffee has some loose teas (havent tried)
Mar 2nd, '09, 12:11
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Amai Tea House, on Third Avenue between 16th Street and 17th Street, has a large catalogue of teas--literally--since they are filed in an old library card catalogue. They give you a cup the size of a chawan, temperature-controlled water, and as many infusions as you want. They also have pastries and such which I did not try. For better or worse, tea-drinking seems to be a cresting trend (witness the Chanoyu exhibition currently at the Yale Art Gallery), so there is an unwelcome atmosphere of fashionableness at Amai with prices to match. It is possible to ignore the trendiness in favor of the product. Good stuff.
Cross the river to Edgewater New Jersey and shop at Mitsuwa super market for packaged tea. The stuff on the shelves ranges in quality from supermarket brands to rarefied YMs.
Cross the river to Edgewater New Jersey and shop at Mitsuwa super market for packaged tea. The stuff on the shelves ranges in quality from supermarket brands to rarefied YMs.
Cha-an... a great warm little teahouse near st.marks... can't recommend that highly enough. a nice little escape from the business of the city. good tea, good food, good ambience, big bill, big memories.
Tafu NY... tiny little shop with tea and a few japanese sweets. they serve a pretty good matcha too. midtown area off Lex.
Tafu NY... tiny little shop with tea and a few japanese sweets. they serve a pretty good matcha too. midtown area off Lex.